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Thoughts on brand strategy, desirability, growth and the evolving codes of premium markets.
A server places a personalised anniversary card on an ivory napkin in a warm, cinematic fine-dining setting.

THE LUXURY OF BEING REMEMBERED

What The Bear reveals about human service, personalisation and the future of luxury experience The Bear resonates far beyond its suspense. Its emotional force...

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Contemporary French artisan workshop with an unfinished porcelain object and specialist tools, illustrating Made in France craftsmanship and transmission.

WHAT “MADE IN FRANCE” IS REALLY WORTH IN LUXURY

French origin remains one of luxury’s most powerful assets. Its value, however, depends on what it can still make visible: living skills, productive capacity,...

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Editorial illustration for an analysis of Paris Haute Couture Week 2026 of a sculptural, hand-embroidered couture silhouette in a refined Parisian salon, evoking couture’s increasingly global creative geography.

COUTURE BEYOND THE WESTERN CENTRE: PARIS AND THE RISE OF A MORE PLURAL LUXURY GEOGRAPHY

Theme: Paris Haute Couture Week 2026 (2/2) Paris remains couture’s institutional capital. The creative authority it convenes, however, is increasingly distributed across cultures, craft...

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Paris Haute Couture Week 2026

PARIS HAUTE COUTURE WEEK: WHAT COUTURE REALLY SIGNALS ABOUT THE STATE OF LUXURY

Theme: Paris Haute Couture Week 2026 Paris Haute Couture Week opens today, July 6, and runs through July 9. Couture remains the sector’s most...

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Luxury summer 2026 campaigns — beach club and beauty activations

SUMMER 2026: HOW LUXURY IS STAGING DESIRABILITY BEYOND THE PRODUCT

Theme: Summer 2026 luxury campaigns Summer is the one season when almost every premium brand reaches for the same visual vocabulary — sun, sea,...

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Cannes Lions 2026

CANNES LIONS 2026: WHAT THE WORLD’S MOST CREATIVE FESTIVAL IS CONFIRMING ABOUT LUXURY

Theme: Cannes Lions 2026 The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity closed its 73rd edition last week on the Croisette — and it did...

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Longevity skincare beauty

AGEING WELL: BEAUTY’S NEW ROLE IN THE LONGEVITY SKINCARE ERA

Theme: Longevity skincare The beauty industry is being asked a different question. Not how to erase the signs of time — but how to...

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VivaTech 2026 Beauty Paris innovation brands technology strategy

VIVATECH 2026: WHAT BEAUTY’S TECHNOLOGY RACE IS REALLY BUILDING

Theme: VivaTech 2026: Beauty & Technology Last week in Paris, Europe’s largest technology event became, for four days, a laboratory for the future of...

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